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NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES Effective April 14, 2003 THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY. This Notice of Privacy Practices describes how we (including other healthcare providers affiliated with us) may use and release protected health information about you that we maintain. Permitted and Required Disclosures of Protected Health Information: . As one of your healthcare providers, we may use and disclose protected health information ("PHI") about you for treatment, payment and healthcare operations without your authorization. Some examples of these types of uses/disclosures are: · Treatment. We may use or disclose PHI about you to provide your prescribed products, equipment or services. We may consult and coordinate with your physician. We may remind you of medication or supply refills and scheduled visits/appointments. We may provide you information about treatment alternatives or other health benefits and services that may be of interest to you through newsletters or other means. We may also disclose your PHI to other healthcare providers (such as physicians and pharmacies) involved in your treatment. · Payment. We may use or disclose your PHI to bill and collect payment for the products, equipment or services we provide you. We may contact your insurer or other payor to obtain eligibility and coverage information. We may also disclose your PHI to health plans, healthcare clearinghouses or other healthcare providers involved in your care for their payment activities. · Healthcare Operations. We may use or disclose your PHI for quality assessment activities, evaluation of our employees' performance, business planning and development, and management and general administrative purposes. We may disclose your PHI to health plans or other healthcare providers for their quality assessment, employee evaluation or healthcare compliance activities. We also engage consultants and contractors to perform certain services for us. When the nature of these services involves PHI disclosure, the consultants/contractors are required to appropriately safeguard the PHI they receive.

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